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MacDonald¹

  • /məkˈdɒnəld/ UK
  • /məkˈdɑnəld/ US

Rhymes with -ɒnəld

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill, equivalent to "son of Donald".

proper noun Mac Donald · Macdonald · MacDonnell · Macdonnell · McDonald · Mc Donald

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic common in Scotland. Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as
  2. An unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Macdonald²

Where it comes from

A spelling variant of MacDonald.

proper noun Macdonalds

  1. A surname, an alternative form of MacDonald.
  2. A community in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
  3. A rural municipality south-west of Winnipeg, Manitoba, named after John A. Macdonald; in full, the Rural Municipality of Macdonald.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mcdonald, ross, callum, donald, edward, meunier, sucker, heather, wright, mcd, mcdonald's, mcdonalds, macca's, maccas, mcd's, ronalds

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name surname, place name — see also McDonald's

한국어맥도날드 Maekdonaldeu
日本語マクドナルド Makudonarudo
中文麥克唐納 /麦克唐纳 Màikètángnà
हिन्दीमैकडोनाल्ड maikḍonālḍ
ΕλληνικάΜακ Ντόναλντ Mak Ntónalnt, Μακντόναλντ Makntónalnt
РусскийМакдональд Makdonalʹd
العربيةماكدونالد
עבריתמקדונלד

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"MacDonald." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/macdonald. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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MacDonald. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/macdonald

Chicago

"MacDonald." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/macdonald.

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@misc{macdonald_2026,
  title = {MacDonald},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/macdonald},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}